Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX)’s board of directors recently unveiled a new executive management structure that the company said will help it meet the challenges of the mining industry. Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) stock performance was 0.05% in last session and finished the day at $19.19. Traded volume was 9.85million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 10.30million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.25.

Bloomberg reported that Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE), the world’s biggest iron ore producer, sees prices for the steelmaking ingredient recovering to USD 110 per tonne as China’s demand keeps growing. Mr Murilo Ferreira CEO of Vale said that “Iron ore prices, which fell below AUD 90 per dry metric tonne last month, have been curbed by higher supply from Australian producers in the first part of the year. No additional supply by Australian companies is expected in the second part of the year, helping prices to recover.” Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) rose 0.72 percent to $14.08 Friday on volume of 21.32million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $14.04 to $14.27. Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) has a market capitalization of $72.56billion.

Digital Power Corporation (NYSEMKT:DPW) unveiled in its quarterly report on 13 May 2014 that company’s revenues decreased by $152,000 or 6.9% to $2,037,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, from $2,189,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily due to the timing of shipments of military products by DPL, the Company’s wholly owned U.K. subsidiary. Digital Power Corporation (NYSEMKT:DPW)’s stock on July 18, 2014 reported a decrease of -4.96% to the closing price of $1.15. Its fifty two weeks range is $0.52 -$3.05. The total market capitalization recorded $7.83million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 20,114.00million shares. In its share capital, DPW has 6.78million outstanding shares.

According to Thomson Reuters, iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) has reaffirmed the 2014 Quarter 2 guidance for the whole company. According to the analyst firm, by the end of May 7th, 2014, the company’s revenue amount was approximately $25.3 million, with an EBITDA of $4.13 million. On Friday, shares of iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) close the day at $1.42. Company return on investment (ROI) is -40.40% and its monthly performance is recorded as 13.60%. iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) quarterly revenue growth is  -12.88%.

National Bank Financial began coverage on shares of Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL) in a report released on Monday. The firm issued an outperform rating on the stock. Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL) stock performance was 1.45% in last session and finished the day at $51.16. Traded volume was 62,967.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 66.15K shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.93. Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL) insider ownership is 3.40%.